Category
Stone & Materials
The six working stones most sculptors actually buy. Hardness, grain, porosity and what each one will and will not tolerate.
Stone choice decides every other decision in the workshop. A block that carves beautifully with a tooth chisel will shatter under the same blow if the grain runs the wrong way, and a stone that polishes to a mirror may be too soft to hold a fine edge at all. These six cover the realistic range for a small studio.
Other categories
Chisels & Carving
Flat, point, tooth, gouge, V-tool and lettering chisels — what each one removes, and the stone hardness it survives.
Hammers & Mallets
Stone hammers, masons hammers, mallets, bush hammers, dummies and pneumatic tools — matched to the blow the stone can take.
Finishing & Polishing
Rifflers, carborundum, abrasive papers, polishing pads and wax — the grit sequence that turns a chiselled surface into a finished one.
Safety & Workshop
Respirators, eye protection, benches, vises and dust extraction — the equipment that keeps a studio usable for decades.